Type Localities II – August 5
Type localities supply the original material for the initial characterization of a mineral species. These localities are important for mineralogists who wish to compare new mineral finds to the established record of known mineral species. Often type locality material is consulted when discrepancies in chemical analysis or crystallography are found between samples of similar minerals.
The mineral specimens in this gallery all hail from their type localities, including aërinite, agrellite, bariandite, bayldonite, callaghanite, carpholite, cavansite, falkmanite, guanajuatite, hausmannite, liroconite, mansfieldite, mcguinnessite, metavariscite, nickelskutterudite, perovskite, redledgeite, santaclaraite, sénarmontite, senegalite, tsumcorite, zincite, and zunyite.
This gallery contains 24 specimens.
#1628 Aërinite |
#1616 Agrellite |
#1627 Bariandite |
#1619 Bayldonite |
#1611 Callaghanite |
#1630 Carpholite |
#1633 Cavansite |
#1610 Falkmanite |
#1615 Guanajuatite |
#1631 Hausmannite |
#1624 Liroconite |
#1620 Mansfieldite |
#1614 McGuinnessite |
#1613 McGuinnessite |
#1632 Metavariscite |
#1612 Nickelskutterudite |
#1629 Perovskite |
#1622 Redledgeite |
#1617 Sénarmontite |
#1623 Santaclaraite |
#1625 Senegalite |
#1626 Tsumcorite |
#1618 Zincite |
#1621 Zunyite |